21st-century English male composers

Sir James Paul McCartney is an English musician and songwriter. He gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he was the bassist and keyboardist, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. McCartney is known for his melodic approach to bass-playing, versatile tenor vocal range and musical eclecticism, exploring genres ranging from pre-rock and roll pop to classical, ballads and electronica. His songwriting partnership with Lennon is the most successful in music history.

British theatre composer (born 1948)

British comedian, actor and writer (born 1943)

English singer-songwriter, member of Muse

British musician

English guitarist

American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono

English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist

English composer of film scores (born 1963)

English composer and conductor (1934-2016)

British composer (1944-2013)

British composer, conductor and producer

British film composer

British composer, pianist and conductor

English composer (1934–2022)

English record producer and sound engineer

English musician; guitarist for the Shadows

English musician

English composer (born 1974)

British composer, conductor and arranger

English musician, composer and improvisor

British composer and pianist (1936-2012)

English composer and musician (1937–2011)

British composer (1928–2022)

British composer

English film composer (born 1965)

English composer

English composer

English guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor, screenwriter

British composer, conductor, pianist and teacher

English composer

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British composer (1944–2023)

British composer (1924-2014)

English composer and pianist (1939–2015)

English composer (1941-2017)

British composer (1926–2022)

English composer and conductor (born 1930)

English musician and artist

English electronic musician

British-born American composer

English composer (1917–2009)

British composer (1936-2021)

English experimental music composer and performer

British composer

Video game composer

British composer and pianist

British saxophonist, composer, educator, and record producer

English composer

British composer, pianist, and writer about music (1928–2015)

British composer, music producer, arranger and musician

English composer (1959- )

British composer and conductor (1947-2021)

English composer, academic and writer

English composer (1925–2008)

English composer

Rhodesian born English jazz composer

British composer and accordionist (born 1947)

British composer

British composer